07-03-2021, 05:56 AM
(07-03-2021, 05:32 AM)PaulP link Wrote:If we had not just two, but all three of Gov, Harry and Charlie getting decent chunks of games together, that forward line on paper is nearly as good as Darling, Kennedy and Allen at WC. Based on our recent history, the chances of those 3 enjoying extended time together appears slim IMO.I think having high expectations of McGovern are going to have to be tempered, he played his best footy with a red hot Crows team that had the best forward line in the comp as the 4th or 5th forward. Its a lot harder with us in a developing team to get that same service he did with Crows and being injury prone like he is and only averaging 13-14 games a season I think puts him in the category of anything he contributes is a bonus but we need to have a game plan that is built around other players who come with more of a guarantee of being on the park, same applies with Charlie Curnow. IMO we need to invest in some more forward options who we can develop with our other kids.I think as a backman we might get more value and games out of McGovern and we do lack that 3rd tall defender so there is a spot for him if he can stay injury free.
If we take any combination of two of those blokes, that's already a step up. But once again, i can't see Charlie or Gov playing most games season to season.
Richmond won a couple of flags with Riewoldt and a bunch of midgets, and given that Charlie has been out for 2 years, I was hoping that by now the MC could have cobbled together something more than a Coleman leader and a couple of very minor cameos. Maybe I'm wrong.